Half of a Picture

[Gary Richardson]

I can assure you we won't get fed up of any questions you may ask. We've all been there, and know from personal experience just how frustrating it can be learning a new image editor.

Remember, there's no dumb questions, the only dumb thing is not to ask when you don't know.

Good luck with the Gimp, and above all, have fun.

[fpellerin]

Here's another site where you can find some tutorials on the GIMP:Pixel2Life . There's also a great deal of other tutorials for other software (photoshop, PSP, etc.).

Frank

[Kraellin]

sharon,

you're welcome and like gary said, good luck, have fun, and ask away

craig

[ArkNsawer]

Thanks everyone for the information and work you done on my pictures.

Sharon

[Syd]

I had a go at this one too just for the challenge of it. I did the same as Gary and Butch and copied, flipped and rotated the left to fill in the missing part on the right. I used the smudge tool to get rid on the Jpeg artifacts by hand, rather than using any of the filters because that way I have more precise control. I zoom into about 300 or 400% and use a 10px brush set at an opacity of 10.
Sincerely Syd

[ArkNsawer]

Syd,

It looks great. The background is wonderful how did you get that background to come through?

Thank You Syd

Sharon

[Syd]

Sharon I used a color balance adjustment layer and added 10% more blue and 10% more green. I also increased the saturation by about 10%. I did all my color corrections in Lab mode.
Sincerely Syd

[ArkNsawer]

Syd,

What program are you using? Do you know if Gimp 2 has it? I'm new at using this program and have try the color tools on it but haven't found out how to do that.

Thanks
Sharon

[Syd]

Sharon,
I am using Photoshop CS. Sorry, I don't know if Gimp supports Lab mode. Craig will probably be able to help you on that.
Syd

[Syd]

Sharon,

Had a go at the Betty and Brenda pic posted earlier in this thread. The original is in a pretty bad state and it needed a lot of cloning. I decided to add some texture to it to get rid of some of the smaller scratches and save myself some work. (Photoshop - Filter/Texturizer/Sandstone) It took on a bit of an artsy, painterly look which I had reservations about at first but, later, thought it looked ok. Perhaps this is one route you could take especially if you have a large volume of pictures to restore. I wouldn't suggest it with any photo but this one (I suppose because it has a bright red berry bush in the background) lends itself to this kind of treatment.

Sincerely Syd

[ArkNsawer]

Syd,

Thanks, it looks more real then mine did. I never could get Aunt Betty's hand right. The red berry is cherry's picture was taken in Michigian in 1964.

Thanks for everything.
Sharon